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 BAHRAIN

The five pillars of Islam are represented by the triangles on the white serrated stripe. The Kharijite sect of Islam is supposed to be represented by the color red. The old Bahrain flag used to be completely red but in the 19th century a white stripe was added indicating the truces that Bahrain had made with the neighboring countries. The serrated triangles got added to the flag to make it different from the flags of it's neighboring countries.
 * The Meaning of the Bahrain Flag: **



[|Current Event Article] The title of this article is U.S. punishes Bahrain for its Iran ties. The author is unknown. CNN.com was my source of the information. Wednesday, March 12, 2008 is the date of this article. The United States Treasury Department announced sanctions against a bank in Bahrain accusing them of helping Iran with it’s nuclear activities. The Treasury Department said Iran’s Bank Melli controls Future Bank B.S.C. According to this article, Bank Melli has already been sanctioned “for facilitating Iran’s proliferation activities.” Stuart Levy said that Bank Melli assists Iran in getting nuclear capability and ballistic missles, while also trying to not get sanctions. In 2004 Future Bank was started together with Bank Melli, Bank Saderat, an Iranian bank, and a Bahrain private bank. American Citizens are not allowed to do business with the Future Bank.
 * Six significant points are made in this article.**

On Cia.gov I found out that Bahrain is located near Saudi Arabia and Qatar. In the current event article, Bahrain makes ties with Iran. Bahrain gets imports from other countries, such as crude oil, machinery, and chemicals. Bahrain exports petroleum and petroleum products, aluminum, and textiles. If Iran helped Bahrain in any ways by giving them products, or getting products from them then they have made ties with each other. This is why Bahrain is probably trying to help Iran get nuclear proliferation activities. They could hurt the United States, so that is why the U.S. punishes Bahrain for helping Iran.

-Bahrain is an island nation. The countries located near by are Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
 * What are the names of countries that share a land border with it?**

-718,306
 * According to the latest available figures, the population is**

-Manama
 * The name of the capital city is**

Fruit Vegetables Poultry Dairy products Shrimp Fish
 * The nation's agricultural products are:**

Oil Associated and nonassociated natural gas Fish Pearls
 * Minerals and natural resources:**

**Current Leaders**

** King- ** Sheikh Hamad ibn `Isa Al Khalifah //Date Elected// 14 Feb 2002 Sheikh Khalifah ibn Salman Al Khalifah //Date Elected// 19 Jan 1970 Sheikh Salman ibn Hamad ibn `Isa Al Khalifah //Date Elected// 9 Mar 1999
 * Prime Minister-**
 * Crown Prince-**

**Government** There is a constitutional monarchy government in Bahrain. Five governorates are selected to be in the government. The five people now are Asamah, Janubiyan, Muharraq, Shamaliyah, and Wasat. Their legal system is based on Islamic law. It is also based on English common law.

1. Desertification 2. Pipelines 3. Droughts 4. Dust storms 5. Petroleum industries
 * Five things that you would see while traveling through this country would be:**

Three places/things I would like to see in Bahrain is **pipelines**, petroleum industries, and dust storms.

**Important Dates in History** August 15, 1971 Date of independence from the U.K. 2002 Bahrain adopted the constitution.

** The name of the student with a different country Country: Jason Whitney, Sean Kruger Answer yes or no to the following questions: ** Did this person center the name of their country? Yes Yes Did this person insert a picture of the country’s flag? Yes Did this person insert a picture of the country? Yes Yes Did this student include the names of the current leaders? Yes Yes What is the population of the country? 718,306 718,306  What is the name of the capital city? Manama Manama If you had to choose one of the three places/things to visit, which would you choose and why? The one place i would like ot visit in this country would be the pipelines. I would pick this because it would be cool to see what the pipes that could be carrying my fuel would be, just to see how long they went and such. The duststorms seem like they'd be pretty awesome to see but it'd would be bad to get caught in one. What do you like about their Wiki page? I like how the layout was, i could pick out the answers to the questions very easily and it is more easier to read. The organization of the page made it easy to read and follow. What needs work? Maybe some color?? Maybe a little more color and an little explanation on the places to see. Rate the students’ effort on this Wiki page 1-10 8  8.5
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** **Country:Israel Your Name: Emily Lynch** Did this person center the name of their country? yes Did this person insert a picture of the country’s flag? yes Did this person insert a picture of the country? yes Did this student include the names of the current leaders? _ yes What is the population of the country?_ 718,306 What is the name of the capital city?_ Manama If you had to choose one of the three places/things to visit, which would you choose and why? desertification, i have never been to a desert before and there is no other place better to go to a place that is becoming a desert What do you like about their Wiki page? the format is easy to read, follow and the information is easy to find. What needs work? its bland and needs color :) Rate the students’ effort on this Wiki page 1-10 __ 9
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